A murder investigation was opened after the discovery of the body of a newborn on Monday, in a garbage bag by a jogger in Mably, in the Loire, the Roanne prosecutor's office announced this Thursday.
The autopsy carried out on December 31 of this male infant, contrary to the first indications provided by the investigation, revealed that he was “of size and weight compatible with a full-term birth and did not present any malformation indicating that he was not born viable,” explained the public prosecutor of Roanne Xavier Laurent. “Additional examinations were ordered to try to determine the date and cause of his death,” added the magistrate.
A call for witnesses to determine the circumstances of the infant's death
Xavier Laurent indicated that the investigation into the causes of death was reclassified as an investigation into the murder of a minor under 15 years old, specifying that the body had been “hidden in a black plastic bag and submerged “.
The head of the Roanne public prosecutor's office also invites holders of “testimony that could be useful to the investigation, in particular to determine the time and circumstances of abandonment of the body” to contact the judicial police service in charge.
Our file on infanticide
Monday shortly before 1 p.m., the infant's lifeless body was discovered in a trash bag by a jogger in the town of Mably, along the greenway that runs along the canal.
